T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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There is always pressure in football.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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I don't really yell at people.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
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I would love to go back and help rebuild that country and help - you know, kind of like what's going on with Iraq right now. You know, they've got a new government in place. They're trying to rebuild the country. I would love for that to happen in Cuba also.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.
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There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.
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My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.
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With my first son I cut his umbilical cord and everything, so I'm a hands-on father, to say the least.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
